The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations are coming up and she is converting the town of Colchester into a city. What is the difference between a city and a town in the UK?

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

City or Town?

Short story 「はなこさんの夏休（なつやす）み《 Hanako’s summer vacation 》ep1」
This is an original story I created.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
毎年（まいとし / maitoshi）：every year
 遠い（とおい / tōi）：far
新幹線（しんかんせん / shinkansen）：bullet train 
甘い（あまい / amai）：sweet
お土産（おみやげ / omiyage）：souvenir
辛い（からい / karai）：spicy
切符（きっぷ / kippu）：ticket
席（せき / seki）：seat
笑う（わらう / warau）：laugh, smile
→masu-form：笑います（わらいます / waraimasu）
～号車（～ごうしゃ / ～gōsha）：classifier for naming train cars
ex）１号車（いちごうしゃ / ichigōsha）、２号車（にごうしゃ / nigōsha）･･･

☆Grammar☆
・masu-form（present / past）
・～たいです：want to do

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/5907?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#19  Short story /  Hanako’s summer vacation ep1 / storytelling // N5 Level

В этом эпизоде нашего подкаста для изучающих русский язык мы рассмотрим четыре интересных фразеологизма: «божий одуванчик», «мастер на все руки», «мухи не обидит» и «тёмная лошадка». Вы узнаете, что они означают, как правильно их использовать и какие аналоги существуют в английском языке. Эти выражения помогут вам сделать вашу речь более живой и выразительной. Присоединяйтесь к нам и обогащайте свой словарный запас!

In this episode of our podcast for Russian language learners, we explore four interesting idiomatic expressions: "божий одуванчик", "мастер на все руки", "мухи не обидит", and "тёмная лошадка". You'll learn what these phrases mean, how to use them correctly, and discover their English equivalents. These expressions will help make your Russian speech more vibrant and expressive. Join us and enrich your vocabulary!

File to download - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-3MWMXygvRn-HZnQjzsmZtiI4Y5K_qac&usp=drive_fs

Russian with Irina

Фразеологизмы русского языка. Idioms in Russian

本期聊了我们对冬奥会的了解。
两个完全没有冰雪背景的人聊冬奥会聊得非常艰辛。😂
涉及到了冬季运动比赛项目的表达，运动员的出身，运动员食物，吉祥物等话题。
希望大家听得愉快！

In this podcast, we talked about Beijing Winter Olympic.
We both don't have a very familiar experience of ice and snow world, so it is a little bit hard for us to talk about winter sports.
In this podcast there are some topics like events, food and mascot etc.
Maybe we are not serious about the content what we talked about, but hope it is helpful for you to practice your listening. 

Can check our youtube channel to watch more videos: Chinese Mandarin Cherry; Regan Radio

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

北京冬奥会｜Beijing Winter Olympic （Chinese&English）

Learn about Denmark's lifestyle and what makes it unique. We're covering indoor living, enjoyment, health, and psychology. 
Happy learning!

New English US

English Lesson: Hygge, the Danish Way of Living (upper-intermediate)

実は、冬の北海道の家の中はあたたかいです。

二重窓（にじゅうまど）といって、窓が２枚重なっているので、外の寒さが家の中に入ってきません。

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#2〉北海道の家の中はあたたかい！

¿Has visto un pez gordo?

¿Qué significa ser un pez gordo?

Descúbrelo aquí 

Expresiones idiomáticas en español 

El pez gordo

Books are there to give you concepts and sentence structures, as well as ideas but I always caution students that overdoing textbook English will make you sound robotic during a normal conversation. You can memorize all the advanced vocabulary but when you talk to people in a social setting, it is a different matter. You will sound like someone reading something.

FLO TALKS 

HOW TO SPEAK NATURALLY? (NOT TEXTBOOK ENGLISH)

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3- Childhood Memories Q4-Q6.

4. Nowadays many parents try to make their children happy by buying them many toys. How do you feel about this?
5. Is it important for a child to have a lot of toys in order to be happy?
6. What is more important for a child’s happiness, many toys or many friends?

Take it easy when answering it yourself, remember to gather your thoughts and please be a bit more specific when expressing yourself. 

To Your Success!